The Herdman children--the worst kids in the history of the world, who also enjoy terrorizing their classmates--volunteer to play the main characters in the Sunday school Christmas pageant, in a picture book adaptation of the beloved best-selling novel. 75,000 first printing.

Nick and his parents get more than they bargained for when their new puppy, Aleasha, decides she will have more fun with her new family if she becomes human, too, and a humorous adventure ensues. Reprint. PW. K. H. C.

The happiest of Chuck's nine lives comes to an end when his two best friends move away, leaving him to wander the neighborhood alone, a habit that brings him face to face with a big, black, surprisingly friendly Rottweiler. Reprint.

Willy the Rottweiler and Chuck the cat seek a harmless springtime romp but find trouble and worse in the form of a misunderstanding Italian chef, vengeful cows, a skunk, and a determined pound catcher. Reprint.

Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government, in a rerelease of the classic story. A Newbery Medal Book. Simultaneous.

During their summer vacation on a ranch out West, Billy and Blaze encounter a wild horse, named Thunderbolt because of his fast speed, that no one has ever been able to catch. Reprint. Children's BOMC.

The Melendy family moves to a house in the country where a secret room, a cupola, a stable, and a brook provide Mona, Rush, Randy, and Oliver with adventures far different from the city life to which they are accustomed. Reissue.

A mermaid named Sirena meets Philoctetes, a mortal and a friend of Hercules, and falls in love, only to lose him when he returns home to fight in the Trojan War. By the author of Song of the Magdalene.

An animal emergency clinic near the Gateway National Park in Montana becomes the scene for a series of tense medical dramas as Stella Sullivan rescues an abandoned puppy, while campaigning to bring wolves back to the park and her veterinarian aunt works on a paralyzed bald eagle and an ailing horse. Original.

After entering the tiny room underneath the stairs, three friends find themselves in a magic world of shiny red men and flying lizards, and they are soon forced to face great challenges in order to survive and make their way back home. Original.

A rerelease of an award-winning classic follows the story of ferocious theater mouse Merciless Marvin the Magnificent, who watches gangster movies and eats stolen popcorn and candy along with his mouse gang before embarking on an adventure outdoors, where they hope to manage a daring heist.

As Halloween approaches, a practical joker targets the kids of Oakdale, and the jokes are starting to get out of hand, so Wishbone and his friends set out to find the joker before the special costume party is ruined.

Bored with traditional palace life, Princess Cimorene goes off to live with a group of dragons and soon becomes involved with fighting against some disreputable wizards who want to steal away the dragons' kingdom. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

The hand-lettered contents of a nine-year-old girl's notebook, in which she records her thoughts and feelings about moving, starting school, and dealing with her older sister, also includes reflections on keeping her old best friend and making a new one.

As they wait out a tornado in their storm cellar, a family listens to their farmhand tell stories about the dog that was blown into his life, along with its doghouse, by another tornado when he was a boy. Reprint.

A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.

When a strange little man comes to the Coven Tree Church Social promising he can give people exactly what they ask for, three young believers-in-magic each make a wish that comes true in the most unexpected way.

Four children spending their summer in a city apartment enjoy a series of fantastic adventures by double-wishing on an ancient coin, in a re-release of a classic tale that includes new cover art by Quentin Blake. Reissue.

With the boys and girls of Laketon Elementary at definite odds, Dave's single insult to Lynsey is the final straw that leads to a competition of silence between the two groups, causing a quiet chaos within the school and a confused principal who has no idea how to get things back to normal. Reprint.

Always looking to make a buck, savvy businessman Greg Kenton comes up with a scheme to sell his very own comic books at lunch time in order to earn the miscellaneous change his classmates' are eager to spend, but although things start off well, the powers that be aren't very supportive and begin to put the kibosh on his entrepreneurial experiment. Reprint.

Four English school children find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist its ruler, the golden lion Aslan, in defeating the White Witch who has cursed the land with eternal winter.

Frustrated by her teacher and her parents, ten-year-old Anastasia treasures the secret green notebook in which she writes her thoughts. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of Number the Stars. Reprint.

Sisters Olivia and Nellie uncover a teacup in Great Aunt Minty's wildly overgrown garden, which they learn is linked to an old story about eight children who were turned into flowers by a fairy spell. Reprint.

As Hillary works in the miniature village, allegedly built by elves, in Sara-Kate's backyard, she becomes more and more curious about Sara-Kate's real life inside her big, gloomy house with her mysterious, silent mother.

Amy Prochenko is unpopular and the target of prissy Kaitlyn Walker's nastiness, but when Amy meets Sherlock, a runaway dog who can talk, she finds herself becoming popular and best of all, she has found a true friend she must protect no matter what.

A well-researched, fast-paced novel recounts the life of Charlotte "Charley" Parkhurst, a daring woman who became a stagecoach driver in the Wild West, as well as the first woman to vote in California, disguised as a man.

A classic collection of eleven illustrated stories relates the adventures of Raggedy Ann's brother, Andy, as the two lovable dolls meet Santa Claus, come to the aid of the Easter Bunny, and take part in a toffee pull. Reissue. Children's BOMC.

In 1750 in Pennsylvania, mischievous young Eli, recently arrived with his Mennonite family from Germany, tries to adjust to his new life and especially to the teaching methods of his schoolteacher, Christopher Dock.

Through a series of letters to his parents, Little Wolf relates his adventures as a member of Yelloweyes Forest Detective Agency, crime solvers of the Frettnin Forest, as they investigate a series of mysterious disappearances.

The diary of a young Pilgrim girl who makes the dangerous journey on the Mayflower to America is filled with her thoughts about her new friends, her contact with Native Americans, and her love for her new land.

The secret of the mansion - Julie Campbell, Mary Stevens and Michael Koelsch

Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer's cannot wait to pick some ripe and juicy strawberries, but she and her family, just moved to the Florida backwoods, have to deal first with some natural obstacles and some feuding neighbors. Winner of the Newbery Medal. Reprint.

Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.

When Hilary says that her homework was eaten by a giant owl, nobody believes her because she has been famous for getting into trouble at the doings of other fantastical creatures in this past. Reprint.

Twelve-year-old Hannalee Reed, forced to relocate in Indiana along with other Georgia millworkers during the Civil War, leaves her mother with a promise to return home as soon as the war ends. Reprint.

When she misplaces her notebook and it falls into the wrong hands, Harriet knows she is going to have a lot of explaining to do as good and bad private thoughts about her closest friends were written. Reprint.

Eccentric Aunt Sally comes from Canada to babysit the Anderson children while their parents are on a trip to Paris, and every night the bedtime story adds another piece to a very suspect family history.

Forced to live with her uncle after her mother and father are lost at sea, Primrose's only source of friendship and support comes from the owner of a local restaurant who always provides her with practical advice with a dash of comfort on the side. A Newbery Honor and ALA Notable Book. Reprint.

The authors of 500 Great Books by Women present a list of 375 books, organized by reading level, that provide young girls with strong female role models, featuring fiction, nonfiction, poetry, biography, and picture books from around the world. Original. Tour.

Introduces Mandy, the daughter of veterinarian parents who own the Animal Ark Veterinary Hospital, and follows her efforts to find homes for four newborn kittens who are about to be evicted from their nest. Original.

David Bernstein finds ways to make life more interesting, including inviting all the David Bernsteins in the New York Telephone Directory to his ninth birthday party. From the author of Ali Baba Bernstein, Lost and Found. Reprint.

From her upside-down house, the eccentric Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle issues to parents her marvelous cures for such common children's diseases as Won't-Put-Away-Toys-itis, Answerbackism, and Fighter-Quarrelitis.

The book that started it all is now available in a full-color, hardcover edition with original, never-before-seen material, including an interview with Barbara Park conducted by the world's funniest first-grader herself!.

While staying with their aunt for a year, three nine-year-old cousins keep busy baking and selling cookies, putting on a poetry and singing performance, and trying to encourage a romance between their aunt and one of their former customers.

High atop Wayside School's sideways school, mean Mrs. Gorf is changed into an apple and replaced by Mrs. Jewls, who has her own special way of teaching arithmetic, while pretty Maurecia offers to beat up the school bully. Reissue.

A Cobtown Christmas : from the diaries of Lucky Hart - Julia Van Nutt and Robert Van Nutt

Anticipating Christmas 1845 and her singing performance before the townspeople of Cobtown, ten-year-old Lucky encounters such challenges as the arrival of a lost blind man, the breaking of the pump organ, and a sick dog.

Rereleased in hardcover with full-color illustrations, a 20th anniversary edition of the first Magic Tree House story features updated dinosaur information, an interview with the creators and a letter from Mary Pope Osborne.

The daughter of a fourteenth-century gameskeeper, ten-year-old Juliet and her friend, Marguerite, become entangled in an adventure with a stranger that sees twelve-year-old Marguerite betrothed against her will, but Juliet's courage, loyalty, and common sense save the day. Simultaneous.

Set in England during the Middle Ages, this award-winning tale presents the touching story of a courageous young boy who suddenly loses the use of his legs and is forced to learn how to deal with his new disability. Newbery Medal Winner. Reissue.

The pastoral classic featuring companions Mole, Mr. Toad, Badger and Ratty follows their adventures in the River Thames valley and incorporates sumptuous illustrations by the Hans Christian Andersen Award-winning artist of the Centenary Edition of Peter Pan and Wendy.

As Halloween approaches, a practical joker targets the kids of Oakdale, and the jokes are starting to get out of hand, so Wishbone and his friends set out to find the joker before the special costume party is ruined.

A young reader's edition of the classic story follows the adventures of the eccentric would-be-knight Don Quixote and his trusty sidekick, Sancho Panza, as they battle real and imaginary foes. Original.

After shooting his gun into his yard one evening, he discovers that he has done more harm than he could have ever imagined when a one-eyed cat comes to him the following day looking for care for his painful injury. A Newbery Honor book.

When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.

In an alternate frontier America, Eff must travel beyond the Great Barrier and come to terms with her magic abilities--and those of her twin brother--to stop the newest threat encroaching on the settlers.

A murder investigation requires private detective Sam Spade--a man of few words who displays little emotion--to become involved in a dangerous search for a valuable statue, in a seventy-fifth anniversary edition of the classic hard-boiled mystery. Reader's Guide available. Reissue. 35,000 first printing.